Shared Files/File Mgr - Active Directory

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1/21/2008 10:40:01 AM
M0le
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Shared Files/File Mgr - Active Directory

Hi Joe,

I'm using Mojo to develop our corporate intranet/extranet, extending it with features for our internal systems.  Our network is Active Directory, mojo is set to authenticate with it.  I want to provide users with file access to shared resources on other servers.  There are obviously several security issues to worry about, but essentially, I prefer to rely on NTFS permissions to control file access.  Can you highlight what would need to change in either Shared Files or File Manager to use impersonate the signed in user & access files on a UNC share?  Or is it not even possible?

Thanks!

Chris

1/21/2008 12:35:10 PM
Joe Audette
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Re: Shared Files/File Mgr - Active Directory

I don't think its possible for an extranet. It may be possible for an intranet but I think it may pose some challenges to implement, probably won't perform very well, will introduce complexity and be difficult to be sure it is secure. For those reasons its not something I would recommend without more research.

To access files on remote servers would require Impersonation with Delegation.

Note that mojoPortal uses Forms authentication even when it authenticates against Active Directory. To use impersonation I think you would need to use Windows Authentication and that would only work on an intranet or local domain.

Hope it helps,

Joe

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